Skip to main content Skip to docs navigation

Jhaj Population - Rupnagar, Punjab

Jhaj is a medium size village located in Anandpur Sahib Tehsil of Rupnagar district, Punjab with total 257 families residing. The Jhaj village has population of 1365 of which 704 are males while 661 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jhaj village population of children with age 0-6 is 138 which makes up 10.11 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jhaj village is 939 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Jhaj as per census is 865, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Jhaj village has lower literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Jhaj village was 69.36 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Jhaj Male literacy stands at 78.41 % while female literacy rate was 59.80 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Jhaj village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Jhaj village.

Jhaj Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 257 - -
Population 1,365 704 661
Child (0-6) 138 74 64
Schedule Caste 508 261 247
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 69.36 % 78.41 % 59.80 %
Total Workers 425 346 79
Main Worker 396 - -
Marginal Worker 29 26 3

Caste Factor

In Jhaj village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 37.22 % of total population in Jhaj village. The village Jhaj currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Jhaj village out of total population, 425 were engaged in work activities. 93.18 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 6.82 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 425 workers engaged in Main Work, 79 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 63 were Agricultural labourer.